Clip brooch



April 19, 1938, A. H. CARLSON CLIP BROOCH Filed April 12, 1937 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 19, 1938 UNITED STATES than FiQ

PATENT CLIP BROOCH Lundsten Application April 12, 1937, Serial No. 136,261

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a so-called clip brooch, and has for one of its objects the formation of separate articles of jewelry which may be independently and separately used and which separate articles may be assembled to be handled as a unit and worn as a brooch or breast pin.

Another more specific object of the invention is a simple and yet firm mounting of the clips in assembled relation to be worn as a brooch.

Another object of the invention is the provl sion of a holding and camming means by which the clips are initially forcedapart on removing them from their support and yet by reason of this means are prevented from longitudinal movement until manipulated.

Another object of the invention is the utilization of the prongs on the back jaw of the clip for holding the clip in position against lateral movement on the support.

Another object of the invention is the holding of the clip in close relation to the garment to prevent drooping of the brooch due to its weight.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a pair of ornaments in assembled position to be used as a brooch;

Fig. 2 is a bottom or back View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the support member;

Fig. 6 is a back view of the clip alone;

Fig. 7 is a central sectional view through the clip alone;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view illustrating the clip as being positioned on the supporting member.

It has become popular in certain forms of costume jewelry to provide units which may be worn separately with some means for assembling these units so that they may be worn together and manipulated as a single larger piece of jewelry. A pair of so-called clips usually form two of the units which may be worn separately and various ways have been devised for maintaining these clips in assembled relation. The particular means which I have devised is simple and positive and the assembly may be manufactured inexpensively and yet perform very effectively the operations for which it is intended to thereby carry forward the objects of the invention which have heretofore been set forth, and the following is a more detailed de scription of the present embodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished.

With reference to the drawing, It designates 5 one of a pair of identical clips and M the supporting member upon which a pair of clips are mounted. Each of these clips consists of an ornament l2 usually formed of some soft metal with some ornamental embellishment on its surface set with gems 53. A short sheet metal member I is soldered to the back of this ornament and is provided with integral ears l5 bent up therefrom for pivotally mounting the back jaw it which has trunnions l'l extending into 15 the openings in the ears I 5. A spring l8 engages the edge of the flange I9 of the back jaw it and tends to swing the jaw about its pivot to closed position when manipulated to a position near closing, or tends to move the jaw to open 20 position when swung beyond a certain angular position relative to the ornament or front jaw of the clip. The back jaw is provided with prongs 20 in spaced relation near one end and prongs 2! in spaced relation about midway of 5 the clip for gripping fabric to which the clip may be attached and is also provided with a slot 22 near the hinge joint.

The supporting member consists of a body portion 23 with narrowed arms 24 extending in opposite directions from this body 23 and olfset from the body 23 by the double bending of the stock as at 25. This body also has a securing or supporting structure 26 offset from the body 23 by the double bending of the portions 2? which connect these two parts together and are of a length usually a little greater than the offset portions 25 so that the structure 26 is in a different plane from the arms 24. A pin stem joint 28 is supported at one end of this portion 26 for hingedly mounting the pin stem 29 while the safety catch 30 is secured to the other end of this portion 26 for holding the pointed end of the pin stem 29 in locked position.

In order to assemble the clips I 53 upon the support H the back jaw of the clip is swung open, as illustrated in Fig. 8, and the arm 24 is passed through the slot 22 so that the offset portion 25 lodges in the slot, after which the back jaw I6 is swung to closed position where it is maintained by reason of the spring l8 and the jaw it forces and holds the arm 24 against the front jaw or ornament It to maintain it firmly in position while the offset 25 by reason of its passing through the slot, as illustrated particularly in Fig. 3, securely locks the clip from movement longitudinally of the arm 24. The prongs extend along either edge of the arm 24, see Fig. 4, so as to prevent any transverse movement of the outer end of the clip with respect to the outer end of the support arm and thus the clips are firmly locked in position.

As the back jaw I6 is swung to closed position about the oifset it cams the ornament inwardly or away from the tip of the support arm which is threaded through its back jaw, and thus the ornaments are brought firmly into position at their point of juncture 2| at their center. However, upon swinging the back jaw to open position the reverse occurs and the ornaments are initially moved or cammed away from each other so that should any small stones be set closely along the edge at the juncture 3| they will be protected against being abraded or forced out of their setting which might occur by reason of a straight lifting of one ornament with reference to the other away from the support.

The ofl'set of the pin supporting portion 26 serves to position the brooch assembly closely against the clothing and maintains the brooch in better appearing position than were it allowed to droop away from the garment as migl t occur from a sagging of the garment due to the weight of the clips.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A clip brooch comprising a support member having tongue portions, means to secure the member to a garment, a pair of clips each having an ornament and a back jaw hinged thereto, each back jaw having an opening of a shape and size to closely fit a tongue portion and through which the tongue of the support member may be passed to extend along the jaw and be held between the back jaw and the ornament.

2. A clip brooch comprising a support member having tongue portions with offsets therein, means to secure the member to a garment, a pair of clips each having an ornament and a back jaw hinged thereto, each back jaw having an opening of a shape and size to closely fit a tongue portion and through which the tongue of the support member may be passed to position the offset in said opening with the remaining portion of the tongue extending along the jaw to be held between the back jaw and the ornament.

3. A clip brooch comprising a support member having tongue portions, means to secure the member to a garment, a pair of clips each having an ornament and a back jaw hinged thereto, each back jaw having an opening of a shape and size to closely fit a tongue portion and through which the tongue of the support member may be passed to extend along the jaw and be held between the back jaw and the ornament, and prongs on the back jaw to engage the edges of the tongue portions and locate the back jaw on the support.

AXEL H. CARLSON. 

